MLB standings through games of October 2, 1977

MLB standings at the end of October 2, 1977

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
New York Yankees	162	100	62	0	.617		831	651	55-26	45-36	7-3	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	161	97	64	0	.602	2.5	719	653	54-27	43-37	7-3	Won 1
Boston Red Sox	161	97	64	0	.602	2.5	859	712	51-29	46-35	7-3	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	162	74	88	0	.457	26.0	714	751	39-42	35-46	3-7	Lost 1
Cleveland Indians	161	71	90	0	.441	28.5	676	739	37-44	34-46	4-6	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	162	67	95	0	.414	33.0	639	765	37-44	30-51	4-6	Lost 2
Toronto Blue Jays	161	54	107	0	.335	45.5	605	822	25-55	29-52	2-8	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Kansas City Royals	162	102	60	0	.630		822	651	55-26	47-34	5-5	Won 1
Texas Rangers	162	94	68	0	.580	8.0	767	657	44-37	50-31	9-1	Won 3
Chicago White Sox	162	90	72	0	.556	12.0	844	771	48-33	42-39	5-5	Lost 1
Minnesota Twins	161	84	77	0	.522	17.5	867	776	48-32	36-45	4-6	Won 2
California Angels	162	74	88	0	.457	28.0	675	695	39-42	35-46	2-8	Lost 1
Seattle Mariners	162	64	98	0	.395	38.0	624	855	29-52	35-46	6-4	Won 1
Oakland A's	161	63	98	0	.391	38.5	605	749	35-46	28-52	4-6	Lost 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Philadelphia Phillies	162	101	61	0	.623		847	668	60-21	41-40	7-3	Won 1
Pittsburgh Pirates	162	96	66	0	.593	5.0	734	665	58-23	38-43	9-1	Won 5
St. Louis Cardinals	162	83	79	0	.512	18.0	737	688	52-31	31-48	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	162	81	81	0	.500	20.0	692	739	46-35	35-46	2-8	Lost 5
Montreal Expos	162	75	87	0	.463	26.0	665	736	38-43	37-44	4-6	Lost 1
New York Mets	162	64	98	0	.395	37.0	587	663	35-44	29-54	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	162	98	64	0	.605		769	582	51-30	47-34	6-4	Lost 1
Cincinnati Reds	162	88	74	0	.543	10.0	802	725	48-33	40-41	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	162	81	81	0	.500	17.0	680	650	46-35	35-46	5-5	Won 1
San Francisco Giants	162	75	87	0	.463	23.0	673	711	38-43	37-44	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Padres	162	69	93	0	.426	29.0	692	834	35-46	34-47	4-6	Won 1
Atlanta Braves	162	61	101	0	.377	37.0	678	895	40-41	21-60	3-7	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Mariners 3, White Sox 2 at Chicago (day game):
Led by Dan Meyer, who drove in two runs, the Mariners defeated the White Sox, 3-2, enabling the expansion club to escape the cellar in the West Division and finish one-half game ahead of the Athletics. After Kevin Pasley singled for the Mariners' initial run in the second inning, Meyer accounted for the next two tallies with a single in the fifth and double in the seventh. Eric Soderholm homered for the White Sox.

Royals 2, Angels 0 at Kansas City (day game):
Dennis Leonard became a 20-game winner and the Royals posted their 102nd victory, the highest total by any club this season, by defeating the Angels, 2-0. George Brett homered in the first inning and the Royals added their other run in the second on a double by John Mayberry, an infield out and sacrifice fly by Amos Otis.

Twins 6, Brewers 2 at Milwaukee (day game):
Dave Goltz gained his 20th victory and Rod Carew rapped three hits in four trips to capture his sixth batting title with a .388 average as the Twins defeated the Brewers, 6-2. Carew also drove in his 100th run of the season, a personal career high. Carew's average was the highest in the major leagues since Ted Williams also hit .388 for the Red Sox in 1957.

Yankees 8, Tigers 7 at New York (day game):
The Yankees, who had already backed into the East Division title, clinched it in their own right by defeating the Tigers, 8-7. Since the Orioles and Red Sox were rained out, the Yankees finished on top in their division by 2½ games. The Yankees rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to gain their victory. After a double by Graig Nettles, two walks and a single by Elrod Hendricks produced two runs to tie the score, Dell Alston executed a successful squeeze bunt to plate the deciding tally. Ben Oglivie drove in three runs for the Tigers with a homer and sacrifice fly, while Rusty Staub singled in another run for his 100th RBI of the season.

Rangers 8, A's 7 at Texas (day game):
After erupting for five runs in the third inning, the Rangers scored three more times in the fifth and edged the Athletics, 8-7. A walk, singles by Sandy Alomar and Keith Smith, a safe bunt by Eddie Miller and double by Kurt Bevacqua accounted for the Rangers' runs in the third. Miller singled in the fifth and took third on a single by Lew Beasley, who advanced to second on an error. After Bevacqua struck out, Pat Putnam was passed intentionally to load the bases. Bill Fahey singled, driving in two runs. Tom Grieve then came up as a pinch-hitter and singled to plate what proved to be the winning tally. Mike Jorgensen hit two homers for the A's.

[DH] Blue Jays 2, Indians 1 (day game) / Indians 5, Blue Jays 4 at Toronto (day game):
The Blue Jays collected only two hits but managed to win the opener of a doubleheader, 2-1, in 11 innings before the Indians provided rookie righthander Cardell Camper with a 5-4 victory in his first major league start in the nightcap. Jim Bibby, who started the lidlifter for the Indians, pitched six innings and yielded only one hit, but it provided the Blue Jays with a run to tie the score at 1-1. Alan Ashby walked, advanced to second on a wild pickoff attempt by Bibby and scored on a single by Gary Woods. The Blue Jays then went hitless until the 11th when Woods singled off Larry Andersen, the Indians' third pitcher of the game. Bob Bailor sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Roy Howell, Ron Fairly forced Howell. Woods advanced to third on the play and scored the winning run when Andersen uncorked a wild pitch. Dave Lemanczyk gained his 13th victory despite giving up 11 hits. In the nightcap, the Indians scored four runs in the first inning and then put over what turned out to be the deciding tally in the second frame when Larvell Blanks singled for his second RBI of the game.

Braves 6, Reds 3 at Cincinnati (day game):
The Braves capitalized on four errors and scored four unearned runs to defeat the Reds, 6-3. Barry Bonnell, who had a pair of singles, batted in two of the Braves' runs and scored two. Mickey Mahler and Dave Campbell combined to hold the Reds to five hits. George Foster drove in one run to finish the season with 149 RBIs.

Astros 6, Dodgers 3 at Los Angeles (day game):
With a crowd of 46,501 on hand, the Dodgers set an attendance record with a total of 2,955,087 while losing their last game of the regular season to the Astros, 6-3. The Dodgers scored their runs on homers by Manny Mota, Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke, all in the sixth inning off J.R. Richard, who allowed only one other hit and struck out 14. Mota's homer as a pinch-hitter was his first since 1972. Burke's was his first in the major leagues. Baker hit his 30th, enabling the Dodgers to set a record as the first club having four players with 30 or more homers each in one season. The others were Steve Garvey with 33, Reggie Smith with 32 and Ron Cey with 30. After the Dodgers took a 3-2 lead, the Astros exploded for four runs in the seventh. Jose Cruz singled, Enos Cabell walked and Cesar Cedeno singled for the tying tally. Bob Watson, who homered earlier in the game, drew an intentional walk to load the bases and Denny Walling cleared the sacks with a triple.

Phillies 5, Expos 3 at Philadelphia (day game):
Larry Christenson won his 19th game and Gene Garber gained his 19th save as the Phillies ended the regular season by defeating the Expos, 5-3, for their 101st victory. The Phillies opened the scoring off Steve Rogers with two runs in the first on doubles by Larry Bowa and Davey Johnson and a wild pitch. Jay Johnstone hit a sacrifice fly in the third, Tommy Hutton doubled and scored on an error in the fourth and Johnstone homered in the fifth. Gary Carter had a round-tripper for the Expos.

[DH] Pirates 5, Cubs 1 (day game) / Pirates 3, Cubs 2 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Mike Easler knocked in three runs in the first game and then doubled and scored the winning run in the ninth inning of the second game as the Pirates defeated the Cubs in a doubleheader, 5-1 and 3-2. Tim Jones allowed only four hits in seven innings and won the opener in his first major league start. Easler accounted for his RBIs with two singles and his first big league homer. Al Oliver also homered as a pinch-hitter for Jones in the seventh. Grant Jackson pitched the last two innings and gave up the Cubs' run on a homer by Bobby Murcer. Ken Macha batted in the Pirates' first two runs in the nightcap with a pair of singles. The Cubs had RBI singles by Greg Gross and Steve Swisher. After hitting his double in the ninth, Easler scored the winning run on a single by Ed Ott.

Padres 3, Giants 1 at San Francisco (day game):
Allowing only five hits, Bob Shirley turned in the first complete game of his major league career and pitched the Padres to a 3-1 victory over the Giants. The Padres counted all their runs in the second inning on a single by George Hendrick, triple by Dave Winfield, pass to Gene Tenace, single by Shirley and an error on the play by Derrel Thomas. Pinch-hitter Gary Alexander homered in the seventh for the Giants' tally.

Mets 6, Cardinals 4 at St. Louis (day game):
The Mets rapped 20-game winner Bob Forsch for four runs in the first inning but needed two more tallies on a triple and single by Joel Youngblood to defeat the Cardinals, 6-4. Doubles by Lee Mazzilli, Leo Foster and Bruce Boisclair and singles by Steve Henderson and John Stearns kayoed Forsch in the first. Henderson singled and Youngblood tripled in the third. A walk to Henderson and singles by John Milner and Youngblood added the Mets' last run in the fifth. The Cards rallied for their scores in the last two innings before Rick Baldwin earned his first save of the season by retiring the final two batters.